As I mentioned on the page, Previous Lesson, one of our departments goals this year is to develop a comprehensive Nutrition curriculum grades K-12. Every school analyzed their curriculum and we had a meeting to work on developing a comprehensive curriculum. It was decided that grade 6 would address the topic of Healthy/Unhealthy Snacks. I thought this would be a great opportunity to redesign this lesson using Web 2.0 tools.
. Snack Attack Grade 6 Topics to be covered
1. Assessment of prior knowledge of nutrition.
2. Learn functions of key nutrients and how they relate to being healthy and preventing chronic diseases.
3. Learn what "Super Snacks" are.
4. How to read Nutrition Facts Labels on snack packages.
Objectives of the Lesson
1. The student will be able to define the term nutrition and other terms associated with nutrition.
2. The student will become aware of Snack choices and why some are healthier than others.
3. The student will be able to put together "Super Snacks" with the intention to replace these snacks with some of their unhealthy snacks.
4. The student will be able to read Nutrition Facts Labels and analyze which snacks are better than others.
Activities
1. Intro activity:Bill Nye the Science Guy: Nutrition:youtube Discussion of video.
2. Wordsplash: Wordle Students will work with a partner, write down each of the 24 words and discuss how they think the word might relate to nutrition.
3. See if you are Correct: Prezi As the students watch the prezi, they will put a check next to each word they discussed if they were correct about its relevance to nutrition.
4. Super Food Bowl: youtube As students watch it, see if they can hear and understand all the words that were in "Wordle"and "Prezi".
5. Create 3 "Super Snacks":Hyperlinks and Information provided With a partner, students will write out 3 "Super Snacks."
6. Post "Super Snacks":Wallwisher Students will post their "Super Snacks" on Wallwisher.
7. Nutrition Detective: Students will read the 5 clues for Nutrition Detectives. They will use these clues and other information they may have as they do the next activity.
8. Find Nutrition Facts Label: Students will find a Nutrition Facts Label and post it onto a blank wiki page.
9. Analyze the Label: Voki Students will create a voki that analyzes the label and discusses how healthy or unhealthy the snack is.
Tools chosen
I chose the tools above, in italics,as I thought they would be a good way to meet the objectives of this lesson. I tried to present the information in an interesting way and also included tools where the students would have to collaborate with each other. As the previous lesson did not incorporate any technology, I feel by using technology, the lesson is markedly improved. All 3 learning styles: visual, auditory and kinesthetic, are used in this lesson. I do feel by addressing all learning styles, student learning will improve. Also,because of the variety of presentations of the material, I feel the students will be more interested and therefore, their learning will improve. The use of technology will definitely improve my teaching, as I will be able to make the lessons more relevant, more interesting, and more informative to the students.
Massachusetts Health Curriculum Learning Standards for Nutrition that this lesson addresses.
3.8 List the functions of key nutrients and describe how they relate to health and the prevention of chronic disease.
3.10 Describe the components of a nutrition label and how to use the information from labels to make informrd decisions regarding food.
NETS Student Standards that this lesson addresses.
1, Creativity and Innovation
2. Communication and Collaboration
3. Research and Information Fluency
4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making
5. Digital Citizenship
6. Technology Operations and Concepts
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Snack Attack Grade 6
Topics to be covered
1. Assessment of prior knowledge of nutrition.
2. Learn functions of key nutrients and how they relate to being healthy and preventing chronic diseases.
3. Learn what "Super Snacks" are.
4. How to read Nutrition Facts Labels on snack packages.
Objectives of the Lesson
1. The student will be able to define the term nutrition and other terms associated with nutrition.
2. The student will become aware of Snack choices and why some are healthier than others.
3. The student will be able to put together "Super Snacks" with the intention to replace these snacks with some of their unhealthy snacks.
4. The student will be able to read Nutrition Facts Labels and analyze which snacks are better than others.
Activities
1. Intro activity:Bill Nye the Science Guy: Nutrition: youtube Discussion of video.
2. Wordsplash: Wordle Students will work with a partner, write down each of the 24 words and discuss how they think the word might relate to nutrition.
3. See if you are Correct: Prezi As the students watch the prezi, they will put a check next to each word they discussed if they were correct about its relevance to nutrition.
4. Super Food Bowl: youtube As students watch it, see if they can hear and understand all the words that were in "Wordle"and "Prezi".
5. Create 3 "Super Snacks": Hyperlinks and Information provided With a partner, students will write out 3 "Super Snacks."
6. Post "Super Snacks": Wallwisher Students will post their "Super Snacks" on Wallwisher.
7. Nutrition Detective: Students will read the 5 clues for Nutrition Detectives. They will use these clues and other information they may have as they do the next activity.
8. Find Nutrition Facts Label: Students will find a Nutrition Facts Label and post it onto a blank wiki page.
9. Analyze the Label: Voki Students will create a voki that analyzes the label and discusses how healthy or unhealthy the snack is.
Tools chosen
I chose the tools above, in italics,as I thought they would be a good way to meet the objectives of this lesson. I tried to present the information in an interesting way and also included tools where the students would have to collaborate with each other. As the previous lesson did not incorporate any technology, I feel by using technology, the lesson is markedly improved. All 3 learning styles: visual, auditory and kinesthetic, are used in this lesson. I do feel by addressing all learning styles, student learning will improve. Also,because of the variety of presentations of the material, I feel the students will be more interested and therefore, their learning will improve. The use of technology will definitely improve my teaching, as I will be able to make the lessons more relevant, more interesting, and more informative to the students.
Massachusetts Health Curriculum Learning Standards for Nutrition that this lesson addresses.
3.8 List the functions of key nutrients and describe how they relate to health and the prevention of chronic disease.
3.10 Describe the components of a nutrition label and how to use the information from labels to make informrd decisions regarding food.
NETS Student Standards that this lesson addresses.
1, Creativity and Innovation
2. Communication and Collaboration
3. Research and Information Fluency
4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making
5. Digital Citizenship
6. Technology Operations and Concepts